Festive Family Hub Roadshow
16th December 2025 1.30 - 5.00 pm Thorley Drive Recreation Centre, Thorley Drive, Cheadle ST10 1SA A festive pop-up event is to take place for Cheadle families with something for toddlers right through to teens. Activities and games will offer fun for all ages, see the poster below for details. Festive Family Hub Roadshow - created 8.12.25
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6 days ago1 min read
Thinking of Buying an E-scooter?
With Christmas just around the corner, the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) has some important advice for anyone thinking about buying an e-scooter as a present. While it’s legal to buy and own an e-scooter, you can only legally ride a privately owned one on private land, with the landowner’s permission. This means it is against the law to ride, or to allow your child to ride, an e-scooter anywhere on the roads, pavements, cycle tracks and parks, or to scho
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6 days ago1 min read
Former Practicing Doctor Charged with Multiple Sexual Offences
Former doctor Nathaniel John Spencer, 38, of Quinton, Birmingham, has been charged with 15 counts of sexual assault, 17 counts of assault by penetration, nine counts of sexual assault of a child under 13, three counts of assault a child under 13 by penetration and one count of attempted assault by penetration. It follows a complex investigation by Staffordshire Police Public Protection Unit into sexual offences at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, in Stoke-on-Trent, and Ru
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6 days ago1 min read
New Report Fraud Service Goes Live
From 4 December 2025, the existing Action Fraud support will be replaced by a new Report Fraud service. If you previously received alert messaging from Action Fraud this will change to advice on cyber crime and fraud from Report Fraud. You should report cyber crime and fraud here from now on - reportfraud.police.uk . New Report Fraud Service Goes Live - created 8.12.25
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6 days ago1 min read
A Cheadle Resident Wins Big
It's been reported to COGNEWS that a local resident has won a life-changing sum of money on the National Lottery last week. The unnamed resident purchased their ticket in a Cheadle High Street store and was reported by the local store owner to be elated—dancing happily around the shop. Who wouldn't? We wish them every blessing with their newfound wealth, which no doubt will be a huge seasonal blessing for their family and friends too. A Cheadle Resident Wins Big - created 8.1
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6 days ago1 min read
Getting Ready for the New Way to Do Tax Returns
It’s the biggest change since HMRC launched Self Assessment more than 30 years ago. If you work for yourself as a sole trader or earn money from property then yo'll need to consider that tax returns are changing – with a new way to record and report your income and expenses. This is called Making Tax Digital for Income Tax or MTD for Income Tax. You won’t fill out your tax return all at once, instead, you’ll split and spread the admin throughout the year. You'll need to: Use
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6 days ago2 min read
Driving and Medication: Staying Safe
If you’re taking medication, check whether it could affect your ability to drive before getting behind the wheel is the latest advice from Staffordshire Police. Some medicines can slow reaction times or cause drowsiness, putting you and others at risk. It’s also against the law to drive with any of 17 controlled drugs above the legal limit in your blood. Each drug has its own limit, and for illegal drugs the threshold is extremely low. If you’re unsure about how your prescrip
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6 days ago1 min read
Cheadle Crime Wave is Spreading
On Saturday, 5 th December, at 12:30 pm, another theft occurred in a Cheadle store, this time at A&C Stores on Froghall Road. A middle-aged man questioned the price of groceries in the shop before running out with a black shopping basket full of food without paying. The store owner, Ram, reported the theft to the police, who gave him a police case number. The police officer said on the phone that they would keep him updated, but no officer has called since to take down the d
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